The World of Roger Whittaker [Pair]

Rating

Album: The World of Roger Whittaker [Pair]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Durham Town	More Info...	0:03
2)	The Last Farewell	More Info...	0:03
3)	Morning Has Broken	More Info...	0:02
4)	Mamy Blue	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Skye Boat Song	More Info...	0:02
6)	Morning, Please Don't Come	More Info...	0:02
7)	Quel Monde Merveilleux (What a Wonderful World)	More Info...	0:02
8)	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	More Info...	0:04
9)	New World in the Morning	More Info...	0:02
10)	I Don't Believe in If Anymore	More Info...	0:03
11)	Streets of London	More Info...	0:03
12)	Mexican Whistler	More Info...	0:02
13)	Dirty Old Town	More Info...	0:03
14)	A Taste of Honey	More Info...	0:03
15)	Good Morning Starshine	More Info...	0:02
16)	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	More Info...	0:02
17)	From Both Sides Now	More Info...	0:03
18)	Why	More Info...	0:02

Album: The World of Roger Whittaker [Pair]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Durham Town	More Info...	0:03
2)	The Last Farewell	More Info...	0:03
3)	Morning Has Broken	More Info...	0:02
4)	Mamy Blue	More Info...	0:03
5)	The Skye Boat Song	More Info...	0:02
6)	Morning, Please Don't Come	More Info...	0:02
7)	Quel Monde Merveilleux (What a Wonderful World)	More Info...	0:02
8)	He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	More Info...	0:04
9)	New World in the Morning	More Info...	0:02
10)	I Don't Believe in If Anymore	More Info...	0:03
11)	Streets of London	More Info...	0:03
12)	Mexican Whistler	More Info...	0:02
13)	Dirty Old Town	More Info...	0:03
14)	A Taste of Honey	More Info...	0:03
15)	Good Morning Starshine	More Info...	0:02
16)	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	More Info...	0:02
17)	From Both Sides Now	More Info...	0:03
18)	Why	More Info...	0:02

Tracks

1. Durham Town

2. The Last Farewell

3. Morning Has Broken

4. Mamy Blue

5. The Skye Boat Song

6. Morning, Please Don't Come

7. Quel Monde Merveilleux ( What A Wonderful World )

8. He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother

9. New World In The Morning

10. I Don't Believe In If Anymore

11. Streets Of London

12. Mexican Whistler

13. Dirty Old Town

14. A Taste Of Honey

15. Good Morning Starshine

16. By The Time I Get To Phoenix

17. From Both Sides Now

18. Why

Performer Notes

Originally released as a 2 LP set.
British baritone Roger Whitaker has become a standard in the ballad-pop genre over his thirty-year career. This collection of hits includes the chart-topping career-maker from the 1970s, "The Last Farewell," as well as "Morning Has Broken" and "Good Morning Starshine."
This 16-track, 54-minute discount-priced anthology eschews the greatest-hits approach (the nearest thing is the 1978 easy-listening chart entry "If I Knew Just What to Say") in favor of Roger Whittaker's takes on ballads and light pop songs of the 1970s, most associated with other performers. As usual, Whittaker's interpretations are simultaneously warm and uninvolved, which means he is more effective on the more generic material but out of his depth with the relative complexity of "Imagine" or "Send In the Clowns." Yet his unvarying evenness of tone can also do a disservice to songs that have benefited from more impassioned readings -- for example, in Barbra Streisand's hands, "Evergreen" sounds like a powerful song not just because she's a great singer, but also because she brings such conviction to it. Listen to Whittaker sing it, and you realize what a mediocre song it is. ~ William Ruhlmann